Exam 18: Nutrition and Lower Gastrointestinal Disorders

A 35-year-old male has developed chronic pancreatitis due to excessive chronic alcohol consumption.The nurse recognizes that he may be at nutritional risk.The best recommendation the nurse can make to this patient is to:

Mr.Purcell is an elderly gentleman who complains of frequent constipation.To deal with this problem, the nurse tells Mr.Purcell to:

Generally, up to _____% of the small intestine can be resected without serious nutritional consequences.

Identify the possible causes of diarrhea and describe the appropriate treatment for both acute and chronic diarrhea.

Celiac disease affects intestinal tissue and results in:

Diverticular disease often occurs with:

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The client with a colostomy or ileostomy should have a diet that is restricted in fluids.

Which of the following foods will the nurse include in the diet plan for a patient with celiac disease?

A high-fiber diet increases stool weight and fecal water content.

The possible benefits of probiotics include all of the following except:

After the acute stage of inflammatory bowel disease, the client should be placed:

Which of the following statements about MCT oil is false?

Discrete areas of inflamed tissue in the ileum and cecum that affect all layers of the intestine are characteristic of _____.

Kati is at greatest risk of malabsorption of:

For which of the following people might heavy probiotics consumption be unsafe?

Nonpathogenic bacteria in the intestinal tract perform all of the following functions except:

Daily exercise has been proven to cure constipation by stimulating peristalsis.

The nurse is instructing a client with an ileostomy on appropriate foods to include in his diet in order to prevent complications.She would tell him to consume all of the following except:

A.R.'s doctor recommends that she take a multivitamin-mineral supplement because: